Name: Shuttleworthia satelles Downes et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.tel’les. L. masc./fem. n. satelles, a satellite or attendant upon a distinguished person, referring to the satelliting appearance of older cultures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-TEL-les, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 45864; DSM 14600; VPI D143K-13

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF399956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Downes J, Munson MA, Radford DR, Spratt DA, Wade WG. Shuttleworthia satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1469-1475. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Shuttleworthella satelles (Downes et al. 2002) Deshmukh and Oren 2024

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Shuttleworthella satelles (Downes et al. 2002) Deshmukh and Oren 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Shuttleworthia Downes et al. 2002. Publication: Downes J, Munson MA, Radford DR, Spratt DA, Wade WG. Shuttleworthia satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1469-1475. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Shuttleworthia Downes et al. 2002

Assigned by: Downes J, Munson MA, Radford DR, Spratt DA, Wade WG. Shuttleworthia satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1469-1475. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 780920